The following cliffs will be closed to climbing beginning March 1, 2012: Angels Landing, Cable Mountain, The Great White Throne (beyond single- and double-pitched climbs), Isaac (in Court of the Patriarchs), The Sentinel, Mountain of the Sun, North Twin Brother, Tunnel Wall, The East Temple, Mount Spry, The Streaked Wall, Mount Kinesava, and the Middle Fork of Taylor Creek. All other cliffs will remain open to climbing.
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Holy Roller seeks out the right of the 3 prominent vertical splitter cracks at the north end of Mt. Spry (the left line is "Sandblaster", and the middle one is "Central Pillar"). The thing is, this crack doesn't start at the base of the route, so a bolt-protected face pitch gains it, with a couple great pitches as a reward. This aspect of Mt. Spry is shaded in the a.m. and sees afternoon sun.P1: Climb a hand/fist crack in a right facing corner to a bolted anchor (5.9, 60').P2:...[more]Browse More Classics in UT
There's no established trail to this one. After a circuitous bushwhack to the routes I'd do this instead:
Park/get off the bus at Canyon Junction, and walk down the road until you're at the base of a wash directly below the main face with the three crack systems. Make your way up.
Or, as some of the locals do, get off at Court of the Patriarchs and longboard down-canyon to the same wash.
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